Funeral of Col Mabry at Havana Camp
The funeral of Colonel W. H. Mabry of the First Texas Regiment was held at the military camp near Havana after his death at Quemados camp on January 4. The flag draped coffin rested before the colonel’s tent as the unit stood at parade rest and a chaplain read the service. The body arrived in Havana last night. General Brooke plans full recognition of Cubans in various employments but will not acknowledge them as part of the insurgent army. A separate incident reports the shooting of a negro by US patrol. private Weiss has been arrested pending inquiry. The US transport Mobile arrived with the Fourth and Eighth Illinois regiments. customs receipts totaled $21,000.
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Havana
W. H. Mabry
First
Texas
Quemados
First Texas
Mario Menocal
Ludlow
Menocal
Cornell University
Gomez
Brooke
United States Patrol
Weiss
Cox
Eighth Regiment
United States Transport Mobile
Savannah
Customs House in Havana Faces Uprooting Changes
War Department report from Havana dated Dec 29 details Major Bliss's first steps at the customs house. Spaniards had stripped the building to bare walls and floors and the new staff is largely American with six Americans including three deputy collectors, two inspectors, and one stenographer.
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Washington
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
War Department
Havana
Tasker H. Bliss
Bliss
Custom House
Surprising Growth in Santiago Trade Under American Supervision
Washington reports surprising growth in Santiago trade under American administration. General Wood states nondiscriminatory intercourse across ships of all nations aids commerce, industry, and agriculture. Mines near capitulation boosted native labor and ore exports, while sugar and other goods find shipping routes.
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Santiago
Washington
Wood
War Department
General Wood
Dewey Dispatches Concord and Petrel to Iloilo
Admiral Dewey cabled the Navy Department that gunboats Concord and Petrel were sent to Iloilo to aid the Baltimore in supporting the army expedition. The vessels, light draught with 6 inch rifles, will cruise the southern Philippine islands afterward. General Miller is expected to land all troops by week’s end as Otis limits Pacific negotiations with insurgents.
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Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
Concord
Petrel
Loilo
Baltimore
Iloilo
War Department
Miller
Otis
Pacific
Rothschild elected MP for Aylesbury without opposition
London reports Lionel Walter Rothschild has been elected to Parliament for Aylesbury division Buckinghamshire without opposition, succeeding the late Baron Ferdinand James de Rothschild who held the seat for the Union Liberal interest. Also: a boiler explosion at Hewitt's Barking yard kills a supervising engineer and injures about 40, with several fatally. Lord Curzon assumes viceroyalty in Calcutta at government house ceremony.
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London
Lionel Walter Rothschild
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
Ferdinand James de Rothschild
Baron Rothschild
Hewitt’s
Barking
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Odd Fellows Building
John Mike
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